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n. A large European sturgeon (Acipenser huso), inhabiting the Black and Caspian Seas; the beluga.

n. The huchen, a large salmon.

n. A large European sturgeon (Huso huso or Acipenser huso), inhabiting the region of the Black and Caspian Seas. It sometimes attains a length of more than twelve feet, and a weight of two thousand pounds. Called also hausen and beluga. It is the source of the finest and most esteemed caviar.

n. The huchen, a large salmon.

n. The great sturgeon, Acipenser huso, of the rivers falling into the Black and Caspian seas, abounding especially in Russia. See sturgeon.

n. [capitalized] A genus of such fishes.

"If the loom was a simple piece of mechanism, much more so was the spinning-machine -- the "huso," or "malacate" -- which was nothing more or less than the "whirligig spindle.""

hausen    beluga